טאָן

• טון (tun)

Inherited from Middle High German tuon, from Old High German tuon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t + *dʰédʰeh₁ti. Compare German tun. Cognates include Dutch doen and English do.

• (Northeastern) IPA^(key): /tɔn/
• (Mideastern) IPA^(key): /tun/

טאָן • (ton) (past participle געטאָן (geton))

1. to do
2. Auxiliary verb used with a verb stem preceded by אַ (a) that means the verb stem is done once, suddenly, quickly, or for a short time.

   ער טו אַ פֿאָר אַוועק.

   er tu a for avek.

   He departs at once.

   • 1967, Chaim Grade, צמח אַטלאַס [Tsemakh Atlas], volume 1, page 141:

     ער האָט שוין איינמאָל אַ טויט־שיכורער זיך אַריינגעריסן אין תלמוד־תורה און אַ קאָמאַנדעווע געטאָן צו די יתומים זיי זאָלן אים ווייזן די אַרבע־כנפותלעך וואָס ער האָט זיי אָנגעטאָן.

     er hot shoyn eynmol a toyt-shikerer zikh arayngerisn in talmed-toyre un a komandeve geton tsu di yesoymim zey zoln im vayzn di arbe-kanfeslekh vos er hot zey ongeton.

     He once barged into the Talmud Torah while very drunk and commanded all the orphans to show him their tallises that he had bought them.

As an auxiliary, when paired with a verb with a separable prefix, the prefix comes after the verb stem. The associated verb stem typically precedes the past participle and comes after pronominal direct objects.

• (auxiliary): געבן (gebn)

• אָנטאָן (onton)
• אויפֿטאָן (oyfton)
• טועכץ (tuekhts)